African Traditional Religion

In Backwoods Witchcraft, Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rituals, and conjure crafts that he learned from his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his grandfather, a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could "rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop up the blood in a wound." The witchcraft practiced in Appalachia is very much a folk magic of place, a tradition that honors the seen and unseen beings that inhabit the land as well as the soil, roots, and plant life.

An inspiring exploration of the goddesses of the West African spiritual traditions and their role in shaping Yoruba (Ifa), Santeria, Haitian vodoun, and New Orleans voodoo.

Spells, rituals, and magical tips for enhancing your life. The world of magic is full of immeasurable potential. There are literally thousands of spells in existence, for every purpose you could possibly imagine. In Wicca Book of Spells from best-selling author Lisa Chamberlain, you will find spells and other magical workings that, when applied with focused intention, can bring positive experiences into your life.

At one time, Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that she had a story to tell. For the first 50 years of her life, nothing out of the ordinary ever happened to her. She was a spinster watchmaker living contentedly with her sister and their elderly father in the tiny house over their shop in Haarlem. Their uneventful days, as regulated as their own watches, revolved around their abiding love for one another. But with the Nazi invasion and occupation of Holland, everything changed....

This book will take you on a journey to African spirituality's magical and fascinating world. It will lay out all the information you need about the different types of Orishas so you can unlock their powers and use them in magical practices.

A powerful story about the African philosophy of teamwork and collaboration that has the power to reshape our workplaces, our relationships with our coworkers, and our personal lives, written by the bestselling coauthor of Fish! and the bestselling author of 1001 Ways to Reward Employees.

You are holding in your hands deadly dynamite. Yes. You have just purchased one of the most powerful life changing and enhancing Book. No other book will change your perception if you don’t digest it by reading it. READ THIS Book. You will encounter ideas herein that are stimulating, thought-provoking, candid and spine -tingling. Yet they are true. You will be shown how to separate truth from religious and popular fiction. This book will take out the mystery of God. For God is not the Creator! Finally giving you unique satisfaction from facts you need to make important life decisions. You...

Jeremiah Nana spends an enriching day with two sages and gets an insight into a fascinating people. The experience leaves him with more questions than answers. Does the action of a fake reflect the centuries-old tradition of a people whose meaning of life revolves around an icon that suffers from deception? The custodians of a legacy and a bright-eyed soul seek an answer to that riddle. "Ngoko's Folly" is sequentially after "The Usurper", and precedes "The Verdict of Hades" in the collection of short stories entitled "The Usurper: and Other Stories".

When we’re kids, we’re bombarded by talk of magic. From children’s books, shows, movies, and games — to Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy — there’s no shortage of magical explanations for things. Our entire worldview is filled with magical explanations of things. Part of growing up, it seems, is leaving magic behind, and focusing instead on understanding how things work. That’s not to say that there is no place for wonder and admitting that we don’t know something. In fact those attitudes are a great way to start learning and improving. And these days, it ...